Missing Alzheimer's patient, mom found alive

Saturday

Nov 29, 2008 at 12:01 AMNov 29, 2008 at 6:27 PM

Police say a 75-year-old Alzheimer's patient and his 100-year-old mother who failed to show up at a family Thanksgiving dinner in O'Fallon have been found safe in the Montgomery County town of Litchfield, about 43 miles away.

Police say a 75-year-old Alzheimer's patient and his 100-year-old mother who failed to show up at a family Thanksgiving dinner in O'Fallon have been found safe in the Montgomery County town of Litchfield, about 43 miles away.

Illinois State Police in Litchfield said Trooper Adam Belcher spotted the car Eugene J. Titterington was driving shortly after midnight Friday near an exit ramp off Interstate 55.

Troopers said Titterington and his mother, Alice O. Philipp, were unharmed and were turned over to family members who drove from O'Fallon.

Police said the two had last been seen leaving their residence Thursday afternoon in a white 1989 Buick Electra.

Officers said the two were both dependent on medication and did not have it with them when they left their home.